By Nicolas Wilhelm, JD We’re in the midst of the hurricane season here on the East Coast, and with hurricanes come a host of health-related concerns from emergency preparedness to the clean-up after a disaster. One of the issues rarely discussed in the aftermath of hurricanes Katrina and Sandy —two of the costliest natural disasters…
By Abraham Gutman The legal status of medical marijuana in the United States is unique. On one hand, the Controlled Substance Act of 1970 classifies marijuana as a Schedule I drug with no acceptable medical use and high potential for abuse. On the other hand, as of February 1, 2017, 27 states and the District of…
By Temple University Center for Public Health Law Research We’re back after a few weeks’ hiatus because of summer holidays. There was much ado this week about the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC), spurred by an article in the NY Times (third bullet down). Some of the conversation circling that article are captured in…
By Temple University Center for Public Health Law Research Our latest round-up of the biggest stories in housing law and equity, for the week of June 12-18, 2017: The Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University released the yearly State of the Nation Housing report. The report encourages a renewed national commitment to expand…
By Temple University Center for Public Health Law Research It was a busy week in housing equity and the law! Here’s the news from the week of June 5-11, 2017: The National Low Income Housing Coalition published Out of Reach 2017, a comprehensive report and tool to assess housing affordability in the U.S. The tool…
By Temple University Center for Public Health Law Research Affordable housing was the biggest topic of conversation last week, May 29-June 4. Here’s the week in review for housing equity and the law: Vox published an interactive tool with “Everything you need to know about the affordable housing debate.” It covers issues from “What is…
By Temple University Center for Public Health Law Research We’re back this week with more news from the field of housing law and equity. Here’s the latest for the week of May 22-29, 2017: The Atlantic ran an investigative piece on one of the largest lead crises in the history of the US – New…
By Temple University Center for Public Health Law Research It’s a rainy day on the East Coast; what better way to get through the damp than four new legal epidemiology articles? Our colleagues have published papers examining vaccine policies, telehealth reimbursement policies, scope of practice laws for health care providers, and the field of legal…
By Temple University Center for Public Health Law Research Lots of news from the past week in housing equity and law. Check out the latest in the field from the week of April 10-17, 2017: In his first television interview as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Ben Carson talked about the rich’s obligation to…
By Joshua Waimberg, JD Beginning in the early 2000s, there was a push in the public health world for jurisdictions and localities in the United States to adopt a Health in All Policies (HiAP) approach similar to recent initiatives in Europe. At its core, HiAP is a collaborative approach to improve the public’s health by…
